Mariano Rajoy receives members of Business Council for Competitiveness

President's News - 2014.5.7

The President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, met at Moncloa Palace with representatives of the Business Council for Competitiveness, made up of the main Spanish companies, with whom he analysed the improvement in the economic situation.

Moncloa Palace, Madrid

At the meeting, the President of the Government conveyed to the business leaders of the companies that make up the Business Council for Competitiveness the improvements in the economic situation and the changes being felt, the improvement in competitiveness, the end of the process of job losses, the increased credit available, the improvement in tax revenue and Spain's image overseas.

The President of the Government also commented with the top executives of these large companies on the National Reform Plan and the Stability Programme approved by the Council of Ministers on 30 April and submitted to the European Commission.

However, Mariano Rajoy underlined that there still remains a lot to be done and for that reason the government is not going to drop its guard. In this regard, he told them that it is important to maintain the progress on rebalancing the economy, continue gaining competitiveness and keep inflation low.

As regards the situation in Catalonia, the President of the Government reiterated his disposition to enter into dialogue within a framework of legality, the government's support for the Regional Government of Catalonia and warned that political instability is a risk to economic recovery.

The meeting was attended by:

the xecutive Chairman of Inditex, Pablo Isla
the Chairmen of Telefónica, César Alierta
of the Santander Group, Emilio Botín
of the BBVA, Francisco González
of Iberdrola, Ignacio Sánchez Galán
of Caixabank, Isidro Fainé
of El Corte Inglés, Isidoro Álvarez
of Repsol, Antonio Brufau
of Ferrovial, Rafael del Pino
of Mapfre, Antonio Huertas
of ACS, Florentino Pérez
of Acciona, José Manuel Entrecanales
of Mango, Isak Andic
of Havas Media Group, Leopoldo Rodés
of Editorial Prensa Ibérica, Javier Moll de Miguel
of Barceló Corporación Empresarial, Pedro Barceló
the CEO of Osborne, Ignacio Osborne
the Director of the Business Council for Competitiveness, Fernando Casado.